Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
What if you could shape a career as unique as you? At WSP, you can find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Join WSP’s expanding UK-wide Engagement team of over 60 specialists, playing a meaningful role in shaping how major projects connect with communities. You will work on some of the UK’s largest infrastructure programmes, as well as projects across the water, health, energy and environmental sectors, helping deliver engagement that is thoughtful, impactful and built on best practice.
As part of our Planning and Consents business unit, you will be supported and mentored by experienced senior engagement specialists while contributing to public consultation and stakeholder engagement activities. You will collaborate closely with colleagues across WSP to create clear, engaging communications that bring projects to life and ensure a positive experience for the communities we work with.
This is a great opportunity to grow your engagement expertise while working on high-profile projects in a collaborative and supportive environment.

Key Responsibilities
- Help communities and stakeholders understand projects and their potential impacts by writing easy-to-understand communications
- Provide opportunities for people to ask questions and give feedback through publishing communications, organising event logistics and supporting surveys
- Present feedback to help projects develop responsibly by understanding and data coding, and assist in preparing reports
- Support clients across the UK and internationally by attending and minuting meetings, ensuring accuracy in documents and reports, and tracking stakeholder engagement
- Proactively support project, location and Engagement teams to deliver quality communications and engagement activities

Experience
- Degree (or equivalent), or a minimum of two years’ experience in a related field such as engagement, communications, planning or consultation
- Membership of a relevant professional or trade body, or an interest in working towards one
- Exposure to projects within road, rail, utilities, water, environment or energy sectors is advantageous but not essential

About you
- Enjoy working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment
- Take pride in delivering high-quality work
- Collaborative mindset: strong team player with an enthusiastic, motivated and professional approach
- Organised and adaptable: able to manage multiple priorities with a structured approach while remaining flexible in a changing project environment
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage a varied workload efficiently
- Strong writing skills: confident producing clear, accurate and engaging written content
- Engagement or communications experience supporting consultation, engagement or communications activities
- Analytical skills: comfortable analysing qualitative and quantitative data gathered through consultation and engagement processes
- Digital and social media awareness: understanding of how digital channels can be used to connect meaningfully with different audiences
- Print and production knowledge: familiarity with drafting and print processes to support delivery of materials for public events

Qualifications
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience as noted above
- Membership or interest in relevant professional bodies